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by Peter Mare (Author), Chelsea Chong (Author), W. K. Ryan (Author)
Rated "Most Popular Fiction Magazine 2024" by Chill Subs
Named Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023, 2024" by Chill Subs
Rated "Top 50 Fiction" by Substack
Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights and defining your "purpose." It's time to go deep in search of truth! If you love reading imaginative short stories on hot topics that make your brain think deeply but also have you laughing out loud... then this magazine is for you!
"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - April 2025
- The Survival Artist: In a fantasy society built around finding glitter-stones for all your needs, a stranger somehow lives on the beach with none.
- Reformation: Eve has a "Viewer" installed so others can see, and provide helpful feedback, on her every bias thought or action throughout the day.
- Reality Services: Cindy works a mysterious help line that knows, and tells, the absolute truth to anyone who calls.
- MGGA: Meghan has been protesting every weekend with the same small group, in the same small town, for years, for her own unique reasons.
- Sisters of Mercy: A jailed author is given the chance to write a piece more in alignment with official government doctrine, but finds almost every sentence laced with frustrating issues.
- Thirteen the Hard Way: Chelsea is a 13-year-old girl with a secret who is, literally, sweating blood for her pores.
- Claim: The local diocese calls and requests insurance coverage for protection from potential sexual abuse allegations, should they ever arise.
After Dinner Conversation is an independent nonprofit publisher. We believe in fostering meaningful discussions among friends, family, and students to enhance humanity through truth-seeking, reflection, and respectful debate. To achieve this, we publish philosophical and ethical short story fiction accompanied by discussion questions.
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